Perspectives on Strengthening Organizational Structure
Capacity Building for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Advice for Forming an Arts-Education Group
Ten Steps Toward Starting a Community School of the Arts, by LaMoine MacLaughlin, offers advice on establishing nonprofit arts-education organizations. Mr. MacLaughlin, co-founder and executive director of the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and the Northern Lakes School of the Arts, both in…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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How Foundations Share Information About Their Giving With the Public
Foundation Reporting: Update on Public Reporting Trends of Private and Community Foundationsdiscusses grant makers’ use of annual reports, print publications, and Web sites to share information with the public. According to the Foundation Center, the number of foundations that publish information…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Advice on Minimizing Risks in Volunteer Programs
Better Safe: Risk Management in Volunteer Programs & Community Service, by Linda L. Graff, helps nonprofit managers identify and control their liability should volunteers be involved in accidents or other trouble while doing charity work. Ms. Graff, president of a nonprofit-management consulting…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Guidelines for Writing Grant Proposals
Proposal Planning and Writing, Third Edition
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Overview of Tax Law for Private Foundations
Private Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance, Second Edition
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Creating a Guide Book for Volunteers
Model Volunteer Handbook, by Bill Wittich, describes the policies, procedures, rules, and regulations that the author believes should be collected in a manual and presented to volunteers as they begin serving an organization. Mr. Wittich, a consultant in Elk Grove, Calif., says that a handbook…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Overview of Giving in Minnesota
Giving in Minnesota, 2003 Editionoffers a detailed analysis of grant making and private giving in Minnesota in 2001. According to the study, corporations, foundations, and individuals contributed more than $4.1-billion to charities, a 1-percent decline from the previous year. The report breaks down…
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The Estimated Effect of Repealing the Estate Tax
The Estate Tax and Charitable Giving: State-by-State Analysis, by John S. Irons, provides estimates of how much revenue nonprofit organizations would lose if the federal estate tax were repealed. Mr. Irons, senior economic researcher and policy analyst at OMB Watch, an organization in Washington…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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How Foundations Can Help Prevent Homelessness
Ending Homelessness: the Philanthropic Roledescribes ways that foundations could help bring about an end to homelessness. According to the report, a very small portion of philanthropic dollars is allocated to helping homeless people, and much of that money provides direct, temporary services. The…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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